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Micheál Martin appointed as Ireland’s new prime minister

Micheál Martin
  • Micheál Martin has been appointed as Ireland’s new prime minister nearly five months after an indecisive election that smashed the twin pillars of Irish politics and pushed them to finally govern together.

Leo Varadkar resigns as Prime Minister of Ireland

Leo Varadkar

Leo Varadkar resigns as Prime Minister of Ireland but chose to staying on as interim leader while the country’s three main parties battle out deadlocked coalition talks after an inconclusive election.

Ireland: Hillary Clinton appointed as new chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been appointed the new chancellor of Queen’s University in Belfast, Ireland for a five-year term.

The position of chancellor has been vacant since the death in 2018 of Thomas J Moran, chairman, president, and chief executive of Mutual of America Life Insurance Company.

Clinton, who has been a regular visitor to Northern Ireland going back to the first visit of President Bill Clinton in 1995, becomes the university’s first female chancellor.